Mining Minds

Service Sales Engineer Joe Ward sits in studio with Mining Minds to discuss his journey and influence in the mining industry. Joe talks about growing up Basque, bull riding, going through the local MTC program and spending time working as a Millwright. He discusses helping the next generation of miners through his welding classes, directing the 4H shooting program, supporting the Coyote Calling Wo...

Vice President of Mining Operations for Iron Woman Mining Services Carl Crews joins Mining Minds in Studio to talk about his mining journey. He discusses growing up as a military kid and moving around, the love for his father, and eventually landing at the South Dakota School of mines (Varsity)! Carl also walks through some stories as an environmental engineer, building and growing relationships a...

Episode 100! Mining Minds does a special 100th episode with the women who support us…. our Better Halves. We dive into what this podcast has looked like from our wives' points of view, some of the areas they think we could improve on, and the mining industry through their perspectives.  In this episode we have a few laughs, talk about making the decision to start Mining Minds, and the amazing supp...

Join Mining Minds for our first Podcast of 2022 as we sit down safety professional Bobby Brooks. Bobby talks to us about his time in the military, his experience as a miner, and his path into the safety profession. He also dives into his love for his children and the impact his father had on him growing up. Join Mining Minds as we welcome Bobby Books to the Face.   Rockwell Industrial and Mining M...

Face miner Frank Jenkins sits down with Mining Minds to talk about his mining journey. He walks us through his childhood experiences, coming to Nevada for the first time to mine and marrying an amazing woman who has supported him throughout. Frank discusses how he's made changes throughout his career, how he's had to "learn to learn" as a young miner, and how reflects to improve. Mining Minds woul...

On this episode of the podcast Mining Minds had the opportunity to sit down with Dede Barker, an amazing lady who we could say is directly responsible for giving us our start in the mining industry. Dede walks us through her younger years and how see had to grow up fast. She tells us how she landed her husband by fishing off the company dock, her experiences first moving to Elko, and making people...

Face Miner and U.S Army Veteran, Benjamin Powell walks us through his early years from skipping school to go snowboarding to trying to join the U. S. Marine Corps at twelve years old. By the age of seventeen Ben joined the U.S. Army and served multiple tours in Afghanistan. He discusses his experiences in military, coming out of combat back into civilian life and how the mining environment helped...

From the small mining towns of West Virginia to the political scene, Bo Copley sits down with Mining Minds to talk about his journey. He discusses his career in mining, his faith in God, and his sit down with Hilary Clinton which ultimately led to him running for U.S. Senate in the state of West Virginia. Bo is the star in the documentary The Campaign of Miner Bo (produced by Todd Drezner-Episode...

Tyler Hoelzen, with Working Athlete stops by the studio to talk to Mining Minds about alternatives to healthy living. Ty walks us through his background as a left-handed pitcher coming out of high school, working his way through some semi-professional baseball, to working on leach pads in this northern Nevada area. We discuss his passion for helping others become healthier and dive into Working At...

In this episode of Mining Minds, the crew sits down with Diane Watson — retired Supervisory Special Investigator with MSHA, firefighter, EMT, and lifelong safety advocate. From leaving home at 15 and living in a woodshed to becoming one of the most respected voices in mine safety, Diane's story is one of resilience, grit, and purpose. She walks us through her incredible journey: from driving haul...

Underground miner and leadman Jesus Mendoza joins Mining Minds to talk to walk through his mining journey. From humble beginnings to his sixteen years in the mining industry, Jesus has worked hard for his reputation. On this episode we discuss how the industry has changed since he first stepped into mining, what he has learned throughout his years and how he helps pass down some of that knowledge....

From Wyoming, Utah, Arizona, and this northern Nevada Area Vern has seen and done a lot. A great episode were we walked through through the evolution of MSHA regulations, discussed Tommy Knockers, the positive side of making mistakes, glorifying the hard times in mining, and driving expectations. Ton of respect for Vern, his leadership and, as you'll hear in the podcast, his ability to set a stand...

On this episode of the podcast, we welcome David J. Bice into the studio to talk about his journey. He brings us back to growing up in lake Havasu and picking up cash on the shoreline to his time as a Helicopter Mechanic for the Army National Guard. Dave talks about the difference between small mines versus big mines, getting slabbed tying in rounds, his path out of the mining industry and into la...

Xylem's Business Development Manager, Jessy Parmar, joins Mining Minds to talk about their holistic approach to water management. Jessy walks us through a little bit of his journey, his love for hockey, how math led him to his engineering background, and how he has taken the opportunity to approach business differently because of COVID lockdowns. He educates us on the water scarcity throughout the...

Welcome into this episode of the podcast were Sam Delaney joins Mining Minds for one of our free style shows. Usually on these episodes we go in with an idea of what we want to talk about, give our opinions and ideas, and go down some rabbit holes. This episode didn't disappoint as we discussed growth, development, and tools to retain individuals from our perspectives. We talked about good leaders...

Entrepreneur and owner of Empower Fitness, Jeff Watson sits down with us again today and this time around we dive into motivation and discipline. We talk about the "suck" of being disciplined, prioritizing your wants, and "no" being the best word for freedom. Jeff breaks it down and relates motivation and discipline to horsepower and torque and also discusses being too lazy to care about the futur...

Shaft engineer Drew Wheeler sits down with Mining Minds to walk us through his mining journey. Drew started out never wanting to work in the mining industry to innovating some of todays new mining methods. He talks about reaching out to miners to provide the best product, gives us a view of the contracting life style, and drops some knowledge about shafts. Join us as we welcome Drew Wheeler to the...

Underground Miner Jesse Herrera joins Mining Minds to walk us through his mining Journey. Jesse talks about growing up in small town America, getting into mining as a worm, to starting a non-profit business called Brothers Golf Association (BGA). We discussed some of his first experiences as an underground miner, him coming off a recent hot tub injury, and getting his finances right. Join Mining M...

Allison Anderson joins Mining Minds to talk about walking away from mining and into entrepreneurship as she expands her business in this Northern Nevada area. She discusses her experiences as a surface and underground operator, some of the air doors she did not like, loving Mine Rescue, and getting her college degree as a dispatcher. Click the links below to find out more about Allison's businesse...

Join Mining Minds as we welcome in Matt Obieta to the studio and walk through his mining journey. Matt talks about starting off as a Lube technician, working straight night shifts, transferring into a tire technician and eventually landing in his current role as a safety specialist. Don't forget to brass in , share, like, comment, and swipe right!  Motor Mission    Ill Zakiel

Mining Minds sits down to do a Year End Review and what a year it has been! From COVID to elections to bull riding we dive into some of the episodes of 2020.  We discuss some of the top listening countries and states to some of the real moments throughout the year. Join Mining Minds as we leave 2020 behind and look forward to 2021!

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from Mining Minds . On this episode of the podcast Don Schumacher joins us in studio to walk through his mining journey. Don has a wealth of knowledge and has been a huge influence in this Northern Nevada mining area. He shares his stories from shaft work to helping develop new mining technologies. Join Mining Minds as we welcome Don Schumacher to the face!   Roc...

Geotechnical engineer, tailings specialist, owner of his own consulting firm, and fellow podcast producer Bryan Ulrich sits down with Mining Minds to talk about his mining journey. Bryan tells us how his grandmother influenced his path to being a rockhound, he dives into some of the projects he's been involved with all over the world, and even gives us a little tailings rap at the end of the podca...

As we near the end of the year, Mining Minds sat down to discuss 2020. The podcast started out reviewing some of our personal goals and quickly turned to the current events going on in our country and within our election process. Join the conversation on our social media pages or brass in on our website at miningmindsllc.com and tell us what you think. Rockwell Industrial and Mining Motor Mission...

Derek Ernst joins Mining Minds   to talk about his upbringing, his service in the Army National Guard and of course, his experiences as a miner. Derek provides some great insight into his perspective of the mining industry and how it has helped propel him to success in just about everything he does. Join us as we welcome Derek to the face! Working Athlete Motor Mission Machine and Radiator Rockwel...